Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek (born 1972) started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen", taking the initial name from the movie The Freshman starring Marlon Brando - which indicates a fascination with cinema that would become a characteristic feature throughout the band's career. The early phase was characterised by a somewhat debonair punk attitude, as Rojek admits: "I started Myslovitz in 1992. I was twenty then and I had no idea how to make good music. Surely, I was a big fan of a few British groups (Ride, The Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, The Housemartins) but I couldn't play the guitar at all. After several months of rehearsals [...] I decided that I should cover the holes in my musical education by [...] chaos (the bigger the better)." [1].
Even so, they soon caught the media's attention, winning several important competitions for young musicians; this enabled them to make their first professional recordings in the studio of Radio Lodz. In 1994, Myslovitz were signed by MJM Music Polska and recorded their self-titled debut album with British producer Ian Harris, who had previously worked for, amongst others, Joy Division, New Order, and The Exploited. Upon its release in 1995, the album received euphoric reviews and was declared "Debut of the Year" by several music magazines. Some critics compared it to Oasis, who were at the peak of their popularity at that time.
In 1996, Myslovitz were joined by a third guitarist and keyboarder, Przemek Myszor, and released the second album Sun Machine on Sony Music Polska. The album spawned two somewhat beatlesque airplay hits - Z twarzą Marilyn Monroe ("With the Face of Marilyn Monroe") and Peggy Brown, the latter being a cover version of a fellow Mysłowice rock band, with lyrics originally by the Irish "national bard" Turlough O'Carolan (in a translation by the Polish lyricist and translator Ernest Bryll).
The following year, the third album Z rozmyślań przy śniadaniu ("From meditiations over breakfast") was released, displaying a tendency towards a more "polished" sound and more introspective lyrics. Also, Myslovitz's now typical fascination with cinema began to take centre stage with numerous allusions and hints in the lyrics and track titles, and a certain "cinematic" atmosphere in the music itself.
The band's interest in cinema also showed in their contributions to soundtracks. In 1998, they recorded the unconventional track To nie był film ("That was no film") for the Polish movie Młode wilki ½ ("Young Wolves ½"). The lyrics referred to a wave of violent crimes committed by juvenile delinquents, which was controversially discussed in Polish mass media in the mid-1990's. The explicit depiction of violence in the lyrics and the accompanying video clip (which later won a Fryderyk award as "Video of the Year") caused further controversy and led Polish broadcasting networks to boycott both the song and the clip.
Also in 1998, Myslovitz had their first appearances abroad with gigs in Sweden, Germany, and the United States.
The final breakthrough for the band came in 1999 with their fourth album entitled Miłość w czasach popkultury ("Love in The Time of Pop Culture"), which went platinum (i.e. 150,000 copies sold) soon and has by now achieved "double platinum" status in Poland. The single Długość dzwięku samotności ("The Length of the Solitude Sound") became the biggest hit for the band so far.
In 2000 Myslovitz again contributed to soundtracks, writing and recording the song Polowanie na wielblada ("Camel Hunting") for the movie Duże zwierzę ("The Big Animal") by the legendary Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr, and the single plus another two (previosly unreleased) tracks to director Waldemar Szarek's movie "That's Us" (To my). In 2003 Myslovitz continued their cooperation with Stuhr, creating not only the title song for his movie "Tomorrow's Weather", but also appearing in walk-on roles - as neophyte monks.
In 2002, the follow-up to Miłość..., entitled Korova Milky Bar appeared; the title being an allusion to Stanley Kubrick's classic screen version of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. Strikingly, the melancholic elements took over almost completely, with both music and (sometimes sarcastic) lyrics creating an almost depressive overall mood. Nonethelss, the album sold even more copies than its predecessor had in the same time, with the singles Acidland and Sprzedawcy marzeń ("Dreamsellers") repeating the success of Długość... three years earlier.
The reason for the new material's popularity, as some critics surmised, was that its atmosphere closely conformed to a presumed resignative-recessive mood within Polish society at large - which guitarist Przemek Myszor seemed to confirm in an interview for the Montreal Mirror: "For us, the Korova Milky Bar [from Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange'] is a place where something different may happen to your mind. It's a place like today’s Poland. You know, Poland is a place where very strange things happen to your mind. It's a country full of crisis and everything around you is very sad, very dark, very fucked. There is an economic crisis here. People don't have money, politics are fucked. The lyrics on our record are sad because of this. We sing a lot about being in a strange state of mind" [2].
With Korova Milky Bar, Myslovitz appeared at several festivals throughout Europe, including the big, traditional German festival for Alternative acts (Bizarre) and the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Also, they supported Iggy Pop and the Simple Minds on their European tours that year. Also, they received an MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona for Best Polish Act, having been nominated twice in previous years.
In November 2002 Myslovitz signed a new contract with EMI's Polish outlet Pomaton. The first album to be released on the new label was an English-language re-recording of Korova Milky Bar, which war released in 27 countries (including Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Spain, Russia, Turkey and South Africa). In addition to the Korova... material, this version also included English versions of older tracks. Długość dzwięku samotności now became a single as The Sound of Solitude (an earlier English version had somewhat awkwardly but more correctly entitled The Length of The Solitude Sound had been a Polish b-side). A video clip for this song was directed Janusz Kaminski, the Polish Hollywood cinematographer who had won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and had declined an offer from Martin Scorsese in order to work with Myslovitz. Kaminski declares himself a "fan" of Myslovitz, saying "I only work for Spielberg and Myslovitz [...] Money is not a factor in this. What one doesn't do for one's idols!" [3] The clip got frequent plays on MTV Europe and the album received positive reviews in the European music press, particularly in Germany. However, radio airplay was sporadic and largely limited to Alternative programmes (such as John Peel in the UK), as a consequence, Myslovitz so far failed to enter the upper reaches of the charts outside Poland.
Also in 2003, Myslovitz performed with Travis and Skin (of Skunk Anansie fame) on The Road to Edinburgh, where they received another MTV Europe Music Award for Best Polish Act.
The same year, Sony Music domestically released an obligatory end-of-contract compilation album, entitled The Best of. The lead single Kraków was an older song re-recorded with 1970s Polish folk rock stars Marek Grechuta and Anawa.
In the summer of 2004 Myslovitz were touring Europe again, starting with a concert for the German public radio and television broadcaster WDR on the eve of EU enlargement. Apart from headlining smaller venues and playing festival slots (including the largest Swiss open air event in St. Gallen, they again opened for Iggy Pop & The Stooges on their European dates, as well as for The Corrs in the UK and mainland Europe.
In December 2004, EMI released Myslovitz's most recent album entitled Skalary, mieczyki, neonki ("Angelfish, swordtails, neon tetras") - an out-of-schedule release with outtakes from the Korova Milky Bar recording sessions; longish, psychedelic-experimental and mostly instrumental soundscapes with an utterly melancholic mood to them. On Skalary..., Myslovitz appear about as close to the Radiohead reference as they are likely to get; there are also some tangible similarities with Pink Floyd.
At the time, the band had finished recording of their new album "Happiness is easy", which is planned to appear on 12 May 2006. The album will include 13 new songs and the first single promoting it is "Mieć czy być" ("To have or to be"), inspired by the book of the same title by Erich Fromm.
Myslovitz's success arguably contributed to a revitalisation of the Polish alternative rock scene in the late 1990's and early 2000's, which spawned bands such as eM, Kombajn do zbierania kur po wioskach, and Lili Marlene.
Długość dźwięku samotności
Myslovitz Lyrics
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Nie zmienię się to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Tak, zawsze genialny
Idealny muszę być
I muszę chcieć super luz i już
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Wiesz lubię wieczory
Lubię się schować na jakiś czas
I jakoś tak nienaturalnie
Trochę przesadnie, pobyć sam
Wejść na drzewo i patrzeć w niebo
Tak zwyczajnie tylko że
Tutaj też wiem kolejny raz
Nie mam szans być kim chcę
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Noc a nocą gdy nie śpię
Wychodzę choć nie chcę spojrzeć na
Chemiczny świat pachnący szarością
Z papieru miłością gdzie ty i ja
I jeszcze ktoś nie wiem kto
Chciałby tak przez kilka lat
Zbyt zachłannie i trochę przesadnie
Pobyć chwilę sam chyba go znam
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
The lyrics to Myslovitz's song "Długość dźwięku samotności" express the idea that even when alone, the singer remains true to himself and his chosen path. He acknowledges that he feels a pressure to be perfect and to conform to societal expectations, but ultimately realizes that he cannot change who he is. The singer enjoys the solitude of being alone at times, but also recognizes that there are moments when he feels the weight of the world and the desire to be with someone else.
Throughout the song, there is a sense of introspection and self-examination. The singer muses on the nature of his existence and the choices he has made, both good and bad. There is a longing for human connection, but also a recognition that the path he has chosen is his own and he must remain true to it. The repetition of "przede mną droga którą znam" (the road ahead that I know) reinforces the idea that the singer is in control of his own destiny and that he must trust himself and his choices.
Overall, the song provides a deep reflection on the nature of loneliness and the human desire for connection, while also emphasizing the importance of being true to oneself and the path that one has chosen.
Line by Line Meaning
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Even when I am alone
Nie zmienię się to nie mój świat
I will not change, this is not my world
Przede mną droga którą znam
The path ahead of me that I know
Którą ja wybrałem sam
The one I chose myself
Tak, zawsze genialny
Yes, always brilliant
Idealny muszę być
I must be perfect
I muszę chcieć super luz i już
And I must want super ease and that's it
Setki bzdur i już to nie ja
Hundreds of nonsense and it's not me anymore
Wiesz lubię wieczory
You know, I like evenings
Lubię się schować na jakiś czas
I like to hide for a while
I jakoś tak nienaturalnie
And somehow unnaturally
Trochę przesadnie, pobyć sam
A bit too much, to be alone
Wejść na drzewo i patrzeć w niebo
Climbing a tree and looking at the sky
Tak zwyczajnie tylko że
Just ordinary, but
Tutaj też wiem kolejny raz
Here I know once again
Nie mam szans
I have no chance
Noc a nocą gdy nie śpię
Night after night when I can't sleep
Wychodzę choć nie chcę spojrzeć na
I go out even though I don't want to look at
Chemiczny świat pachnący szarością
The chemical world smelling of grayness
Z papieru miłością gdzie ty i ja
Made of paper with love, where you and I are
I jeszcze ktoś nie wiem kto
And still someone, I don't know who
Chciałby tak przez kilka lat
Would like to be like that for a few years
Zbyt zachłannie i trochę przesadnie
Too greedily and a bit unnecessarily
Pobyć chwilę sam chyba go znam
To be alone for a moment, maybe I know him
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Even when I am alone
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
I will not change, this is not my world
Przede mną droga, którą znam
The path ahead of me that I know
Którą ja wybrałem sam
The one I chose myself
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@NaciSratca
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Tak, zawsze genialny
Idealny muszę być i muszę chcieć
Super luz i już setki bzdur i już, to nie ja
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Wiesz, lubię wieczory
Lubię się schować na jakiś czas i jakoś tak
Nienaturalnie, trochę przesadnie, pobyć sam
Wejść na drzewo i patrzeć w niebo
Tak zwyczajnie, tylko że tutaj też
Wiem kolejny raz, nie mam szans być kim chcę
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
Noc, a nocą gdy nie śpię, wychodzę choć nie chcę
Spojrzeć na chemiczny świat
Pachnący szarością, z papieru miłością
Gdzie Ty i ja i jeszcze ktoś, nie wiem kto
Chciałby tak przez kilka lat zbyt zachłannie i trochę przesadnie
Pobyć chwilę sam, chyba go znam
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
I nawet kiedy będę sam
Nie zmienię się, to nie mój świat
Przede mną droga, którą znam
Którą ja wybrałem sam
@TheAkysz16
Length of the Sound of Loneliness
And even if I am alone
I won’t change
It’s not my world
Before me the way I know,
The way I’ve chosen
So, always ingenious
Ideal I have to be
And I have to want, great leeway and now
Hundreds of drools and now I am not myself anymore
You know, I like evenings
I like to hide for some time
And so unnaturally
A bit exceedingly, be alone
Climb on tree and look at the sky
So ordinarily, but
Here, I also know another time
I don’t have a chance to be what I want to be
Night, and during the night when I don’t sleep
I go out, even though I don’t want to look at
Chemical world, smelling of greyness
With paper love, where you and me
And someone else, don’t know who
Wants so through a few years
Too acquisitively and a bit exceedingly
Be alone for a while, perhaps I know him
@SK-gb3cn
Jeśli tego słuchasz w 2024 to jesteś legendą💪
@papertowelthe6th105
Ale ja tu tylko przelotem bo szukam tego utworu, gdzie klip jest animowany i chyba osoby, zwierzęta zmierzają w jednym kierunku (zawsze pojedyncza istota) i na koniec skacze w przepaść. Animacja jakby ołówkowa? Pamiętam, że utwór był ku czci zmarłego członka zespołu.
@katarzynasokoowska6990
No to jestem
@jan79__
Jesli jestes tu w 2024 to jesteś superlegenda
@twojstaryrobitalary7605
Natomiast jak oglądasz to po lipcu, to znaczy że zobaczyłeś rafonixa śpiewającego ten utwór
@lotos5178
Jestem złotym rocznikiem 81
- tak o mnie mówi mój syn ❤️
@myfuture2430
Jeżeli tego słuchasz w 2024 jesteś legendą 💪
@ATTEXP
dzięki ;)
@young_oddin
nostalgiczna i piękna piosenka, lubię do niej wracać, szczególnie gdy jest ciężko
@rho3448
🙌